A suspected burglar who apparently tried to climb into a home through the third-floor attic window fell off the roof when the victim's boyfriend arrived home from work, police reports said.

Police were called to the home in the 1000 block of 14th Street NW about 7:30 a.m. Friday shortly after the burglar fell, the reports said.

Lt. James Cole, who oversees the Patrol Division, said it was unknown as to whether he had been able to get into the home, but the attic window had been opened.

The homeowner's boyfriend told police the man fell off the roof when confronted and ran from the house, dropping something along the way, Cole said. He told police that he believed it was a gun, but the suspected burglar picked it up and continued running.